lobke887 Reviews

Pompeii (I) (2014)

It's so pretty!

[7/10 · 20 March 2015]

I knew that I wanted to write a review for this movie, although I honestly didn't know what to make of it. I guess your opinion of this movie will be all about perspective. This movie is for those of you who like pretty things. The scenery is pretty (gorgeous even). The actors are pretty (Oh my, Mr. Harington!). The costumes are pretty. The locations are pretty. The special effects are pretty. The love cliché is pretty.

And despite all these facts everybody must of course know: It's historically inaccurate. It's Gladiator meets Titanic. It's an impossible cliché.

But it's so pretty!

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)

Not great, but worth watching

[6/10 · 9 March 2015]

To begin I'd like to point out that the trailer is definitely more exciting than the series is. It's a nice idea, the crossover kind of works. But it also does not for several reasons. Some actors are either really bad, or their characters are unintentionally very annoying. Like Alice for example. Throughout the storyline she is just too perky, too determined and too optimistic. Her fighting skills also are not well staged. The red queen has too much botox and a whiny voice. But her character becomes more likable throughout the story line. The truth of the matter is that the flashbacks are more interesting than the actual story. The show becomes better when it progresses and has some surprisingly interesting ideas. The genie story seems to work out slightly better than the wonderland story. But in the genie story, the characters are unrealistic in the sense that mother and sons seem to have an age difference of less than 10 years and some of them look more European-Arabic, which slightly annoyed me. The show does have some very good scenes, some great actors and very nicely placed characters like the white rabbit and the jabberwocky. The actors have chemistry and the show flows nicely with some scenes better than the others. Which makes it worth watching.